Hiring: Associate, Compute Company: Primary Venture Partners Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 12:12:36 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid About the job Experience: •2-4 years of experience with at least 1-2 years of experience in a production engineering role at a leading tech company, AI lab, or high-growth startup •4 years of experience with at least 1-2 years of experience in a production engineering role at a leading tech company, AI lab, or high-growth startup Required Skills: •We’re hiring an investment associate to help build out our compute practice in San Francisco. Our compute practice sits at the center of the firm’s next chapter - we led the seed round in Etched, now valued at $21B, and have a broader compute portfolio with investments across memory, advanced packaging, quantum, and biological compute. •Based in San Francisco, Hybrid in-office 3x/week •Source and build relationships with founders, engineers, and operators across the San Francisco compute and AI ecosystem •Run diligence on prospective investments - technical differentiation, competitive dynamics, market sizing - alongside the compute pod •Represent Primary and our Compute100 efforts across community events, dinners, and podcast tapings to build the firm's brand and network in the Bay Area •Help develop and pressure-test investment theses across the compute stack •Actively facilitate and support existing compute portfolio, including Etched, as needed •Build and maintain a running map of high-signal people and companies worth tracking Qualifications: •Must be available to work full-time in SF with periodic travel to NYC •Computer Science degree or equivalent experience •Deeply plugged into the San Francisco technical and AI scene •Genuine, self-directed curiosity about compute •Comfortable operating with real ambiguity and building process where none exists yet •Down-to-earth, collaborative, and able to build trust quickly Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!